"This is an extension of HL
11. The extension is achieved by misidentifying Rhychwyn Farfog of Bod Rhywchwyn in Rhos Is Dulas with Rychwyn, the
saint of Llanrhchwyn in Nant Conwy, who is made a son of Helig ap Glannog in some versions of Bonedd y Saint #42."

While Bartrum's suggestion correctly
detaches the "ap Heilig ap Glannog" from the pedigree, he offers no alternate ancestry for Braint Hir. The Nant Conwy
Rychwyn WAS a son of Heilig ap Glannog, was born c. 985 and was the ancestor of Nefydd Hardd of c. 1105. But the Rychwyn
in the pedigree of Braint Hir occurs much earlier and was probably a younger son of one of the men in the pedigree found in
Harleian Ms 3859, 3. That was the ruling Rhos family descended from Cynglas ap Owain Ddantgwyn; its senior branch did
include Heilig ap Glannog but not Braint Hir.

We examined the ancestry of
Braint Hir at length in our paper "The Medieval Redating of Braint Hir" and suggest the family chart looks like this:

385 Cunedda

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415 Einion Yrth

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445 Owain Ddantgwyn

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480 Cynglas

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515 Meig

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550 Cyngen

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580 Cadwallon Crisban

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615 Idgwyn

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645 Einion

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680 Rhufon

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715 Meirion 720
Rychwyn Farfog

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745 Caradog, obit 798
750 Cynwas

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785 Hywel, obit 825
785 Caranog Glewddigar

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820 Caradog Freich Fras[1]
815 Geraint

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855 Gwgan Gleddyfrudd
850 Nefydd

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885 Gwaithfoed
880 Braint Hir[2]

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915 Glannog

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950 Heilig

NOTES:

[1] The pedigree from Cunedda down to Hywel is from Harleian Ms 3859, 3. while
the pedigree from Caradog Freich Fras down to Heilig is from Pen. 181, 391 and Pen. 140, 19. Attaching Caradog Freich
Fras to Hywel is without ancient authority, and is only our suggested construction

[2] The pedigree from Rychwyn down to Braint Hir is cited in HLG 11; attaching
the family to Rhufon is merely our suggestion